Is IBM a good company to work for as a Program Manager?

Program Manager professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 439 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Program Manager Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Program Manager interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Program Manager employees well?

Program Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.8 out of 5 stars based on 439 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Program Manager salaries at IBM.

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What are the pros of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 11042 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5049 reviews)); "Work from home flexible is good to manage work and home both" ((in 4339 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3401 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3354 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" ((in 5462 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2171 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2045 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1749 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 619 reviews))

IBM Program Manager reviews

4.0

65% would recommend to a friend

(439 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

57% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Program Manager employees have rated IBM with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 439 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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439 reviews

4.0

Nov 8, 2016

Excellent company to work for

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get work life balance, flexibility and get to know actual corporate world.You start taking ownership, accountability.

Cons

To meet utlization target, processes are lengthy

5.0

Oct 4, 2016

WW Practice and Delivery Manager, IBM Cloud Software Services

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very high focus on client success, innovation, team building, going the extra mile to ensure clients are successful with IBM software and services. Encourage wild ducks and thinking outside the box. Aggressively moving into new areas to ensure IBM is essential to clients and the future of IT technology.

Cons

Fast paced environment requiring teams to wear many hatsand able to adapt quickly to changing client circumstances. Many find this motivating, invigorating and challenging, others may not.

IBM Response

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Thank you for your review. We agree that IBM is a collaborative company with a very high focus on client’s success. We are proud to say that IBMers are motivated by their work and work very hard to improve our company. Not only do we focus on innovation, team building, and clients, we also put a lot of emphasis on growth for the individual employee.

1.0

Oct 3, 2016

IBM Program / Project Manager

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits Work life balanace Working remotely

Cons

Constantly threat of layoffs Offshoring as many jobs as possible No promotions No raises or bonuses

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